This is the chinas flag it was made by Zeng Liansong on 1 October 1949. The continent of china is Asia The word Asia originated from the Ancient Greek word Ἀσία, first attributed to Herodotus (about 440 BCE). Beijing happens to be capital of china. China is part of the northern and eastern hemispheres, placing the country well above the equator and is next to Afghanistan. The population in china is 1,444,216,107. That is triple of Australia’s population. The national language in china is Mandarin. The currency of china is Renminbi. A connection that china has with Australia is that Australia is China’s sixth largest trading partner. An interesting fact about china it’s the 4th largest country in the world. Three countries that china is close to is Afghanistan, Bhutan and India.